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'''Christina Hurihia Wirihana''' (b 1949) is a [[New Zealand]] weaver from [[Te Arawa]], [[Ngāti Maniapoto]], [[Ngāti Pikiao]], Ngāti Rangiunora, [[Ngāti Raukawa]], [[Tainui]] iwi.<ref name = 'tamati'>{{cite book|last1=Tamati-Quennell|first1=Megan|title=Pū Manawa; A celebration of Whatu, Raranga and Tāniko|date=1993|publisher=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|location=Wellington|isbn=0-909010-00-5}}</ref> She attributes Dame [[Rangimarie Hetet]], [[Diggeress Te Kanawa]] and [[Emily Schuster]] as major influences but states her mother, [[Matekino Lawless]] as being her most significant teacher.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schamroth|first1=Helen|title=100 New Zealand Craft Artist|date=1998|publisher=Random House|location=Auckland|isbn=1869620305}}</ref> Wirihana is currently a senior lecturer at [[Toihoukura]], a Māori visual arts school within the [[Eastern Institute of Technology]].<ref name = 'EIT'>{{cite web|title=Staff|url=http://www.eit.ac.nz/staff/christina-wirihana/|website=EIT|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150205034702/http://www.eit.ac.nz/staff/christina-wirihana/|archive-date=5 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
'''Christina Hurihia Wirihana''' (b 1949) is a [[New Zealand]] weaver from [[Te Arawa]], [[Ngāti Maniapoto]], [[Ngāti Pikiao]], Ngāti Rangiunora, [[Ngāti Raukawa]], [[Tainui]] iwi.<ref name = 'tamati'>{{cite book|last1=Tamati-Quennell|first1=Megan|title=Pū Manawa; A celebration of Whatu, Raranga and Tāniko|date=1993|publisher=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|location=Wellington|isbn=0-909010-00-5}}</ref> She attributes Dame [[Rangimarie Hetet]], [[Diggeress Te Kanawa]] and [[Emily Schuster]] as major influences but states her mother, [[Matekino Lawless]] as being her most significant teacher.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schamroth|first1=Helen|title=100 New Zealand Craft Artist|date=1998|publisher=Random House|location=Auckland|isbn=1869620305}}</ref> Wirihana is currently a senior lecturer at [[Toihoukura]], a Māori visual arts school within the [[Eastern Institute of Technology]].<ref name = 'EIT'>{{cite web|title=Staff|url=http://www.eit.ac.nz/staff/christina-wirihana/|website=EIT|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150205034702/http://www.eit.ac.nz/staff/christina-wirihana/|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Her weaving is often an exploration of natural materials and processes. "In my weaving I am continually inspired by the surrounds of my maunga (mountain) Matawhaura, moana tapu Rotoiti (Lake Rotoiti), my marae Taurua and especially my whanau (family)."<ref>{{cite web|title=Christina Wirihana|url=http://www.maoriart.org.nz/christina-hurihia-wirihana-p-160.html|website=Toi Māori|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150209164526/http://www.maoriart.org.nz/christina-hurihia-wirihana-p-160.html|archive-date=9 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
Her weaving is often an exploration of natural materials and processes. "In my weaving I am continually inspired by the surrounds of my maunga (mountain) Matawhaura, moana tapu Rotoiti (Lake Rotoiti), my marae Taurua and especially my whanau (family)."<ref>{{cite web|title=Christina Wirihana|url=http://www.maoriart.org.nz/christina-hurihia-wirihana-p-160.html|website=Toi Māori|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150209164526/http://www.maoriart.org.nz/christina-hurihia-wirihana-p-160.html|archive-date=9 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
Wirihana is the Chairperson of [[Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa]] (National Collective of Māori Weavers in New Zealand). In 2014 this collective of weavers exhibited 49 [[tukutuku]] panels in ''Kāhui Raranga: The Art of Tukutuku'' at [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]]. These panels are to be installed early 2015 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kāhui Raranga|url=http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/exhibitions/Pages/KahuiRarangaTheartoftukutuku.aspx|website=Te Papa Tongarewa|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref>
Wirihana is the Chairperson of [[Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa]] (National Collective of Māori Weavers in New Zealand). In 2014 this collective of weavers exhibited 49 [[tukutuku]] panels in ''Kāhui Raranga: The Art of Tukutuku'' at [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]]. These panels are to be installed early 2015 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kāhui Raranga|url=http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WhatsOn/exhibitions/Pages/KahuiRarangaTheartoftukutuku.aspx|website=Te Papa Tongarewa|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref>


Wirihana has received numerous funding from [[Creative New Zealand]] to develop new work and travel overseas for residencies, the most recent being a 2014 artist residency in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who got funded?|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/who-got-funded/artform?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artform=12&commit=Submit|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150205034730/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/who-got-funded/artform?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artform=12&commit=Submit|archive-date=5 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref> In 2003 Wirihana received Te Tohu Toi Kē from Te Waka Toi Creative New Zealand for making a positive development within Māori arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Te Waka Toi Awards|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/award-winners/te-waka-toi-awards|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> Wirihana is a lifelong member of the [[Māori Women’s Welfare League]].<ref name = 'EIT'/>
Wirihana has received numerous funding from [[Creative New Zealand]] to develop new work and travel overseas for residencies, the most recent being a 2014 artist residency in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who got funded?|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/who-got-funded/artform?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artform=12&commit=Submit|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.is/20150205034730/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/who-got-funded/artform?utf8=%E2%9C%93&artform=12&commit=Submit|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003 Wirihana received Te Tohu Toi Kē from Te Waka Toi Creative New Zealand for making a positive development within Māori arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Te Waka Toi Awards|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/results-of-our-work/award-winners/te-waka-toi-awards|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref> Wirihana is a lifelong member of the [[Māori Women’s Welfare League]].<ref name = 'EIT'/>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==
Wirihana has exhibited, attended symposia and residencies both nationally and internationally including:
Wirihana has exhibited, attended symposia and residencies both nationally and internationally including:
*2014 ''Māori Art Market'' Wellington<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists|url=http://www.maoriartmarket.com/artists-c-66.html|website=Toi Māori Art Market|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref>
*2014 ''Māori Art Market'' Wellington<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists|url=http://www.maoriartmarket.com/artists-c-66.html|website=Toi Māori Art Market|accessdate=5 February 2015}}</ref>
*2009 ''Plastic Māori'' [[The Dowse Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Plastic Māori: A Tradition of Innovation|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/plastic-maori-a-tradition-of-innovation|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064117/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/plastic-maori-a-tradition-of-innovation|archive-date=5 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
*2009 ''Plastic Māori'' [[The Dowse Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Plastic Māori: A Tradition of Innovation|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/plastic-maori-a-tradition-of-innovation|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064117/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/plastic-maori-a-tradition-of-innovation|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2006 Artist Residency Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington<ref>{{cite web|title=Call for Māori artists to go to Washington|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/mi/news/call-for-applications-for-maori-artist-to-go-to-washington|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064113/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/mi/news/call-for-applications-for-maori-artist-to-go-to-washington|archive-date=5 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
*2006 Artist Residency Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington<ref>{{cite web|title=Call for Māori artists to go to Washington|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/mi/news/call-for-applications-for-maori-artist-to-go-to-washington|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064113/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/mi/news/call-for-applications-for-maori-artist-to-go-to-washington|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1998 Kanak Cultural Centre, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre Nouméa<ref>{{cite web|title=Carving bound for Kanak Cultural Centre|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/carving-bound-for-kanak-cultural-centre|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205065126/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/carving-bound-for-kanak-cultural-centre|archive-date=5 February 2015|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
*1998 Kanak Cultural Centre, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre Nouméa<ref>{{cite web|title=Carving bound for Kanak Cultural Centre|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/carving-bound-for-kanak-cultural-centre|website=Creative New Zealand|accessdate=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205065126/http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/en/news/carving-bound-for-kanak-cultural-centre|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1992 ''Seven Māori Weavers'' Christchurch<ref Name = 'tamati'/>
*1992 ''Seven Māori Weavers'' Christchurch<ref Name = 'tamati'/>
*1991 ''Ngā Kaupapa Here Aho'' Te Taumata, Auckland<ref Name = 'tamati'/>
*1991 ''Ngā Kaupapa Here Aho'' Te Taumata, Auckland<ref Name = 'tamati'/>

Revision as of 19:32, 18 September 2019

Christina Hurihia Wirihana (b 1949) is a New Zealand weaver from Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiunora, Ngāti Raukawa, Tainui iwi.[1] She attributes Dame Rangimarie Hetet, Diggeress Te Kanawa and Emily Schuster as major influences but states her mother, Matekino Lawless as being her most significant teacher.[2] Wirihana is currently a senior lecturer at Toihoukura, a Māori visual arts school within the Eastern Institute of Technology.[3]

Her weaving is often an exploration of natural materials and processes. "In my weaving I am continually inspired by the surrounds of my maunga (mountain) Matawhaura, moana tapu Rotoiti (Lake Rotoiti), my marae Taurua and especially my whanau (family)."[4]

Recognition

Wirihana is the Chairperson of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (National Collective of Māori Weavers in New Zealand). In 2014 this collective of weavers exhibited 49 tukutuku panels in Kāhui Raranga: The Art of Tukutuku at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. These panels are to be installed early 2015 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.[5]

Wirihana has received numerous funding from Creative New Zealand to develop new work and travel overseas for residencies, the most recent being a 2014 artist residency in Hawaii.[6] In 2003 Wirihana received Te Tohu Toi Kē from Te Waka Toi Creative New Zealand for making a positive development within Māori arts.[7] Wirihana is a lifelong member of the Māori Women’s Welfare League.[3]

Exhibitions

Wirihana has exhibited, attended symposia and residencies both nationally and internationally including:

  • 2014 Māori Art Market Wellington[8]
  • 2009 Plastic Māori The Dowse Art Museum[9]
  • 2006 Artist Residency Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington[10]
  • 1998 Kanak Cultural Centre, Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre Nouméa[11]
  • 1992 Seven Māori Weavers Christchurch[1]
  • 1991 Ngā Kaupapa Here Aho Te Taumata, Auckland[1]
  • 1991 Te Moemoea nō Iotefa Sarjent Gallery, Whanagnui[1]
  • 1990 Ngā wahine Toa Rotoruatamati[1]
  • 1990 Kohia Ko Taikaka Anake National Art Gallery Wellington[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tamati-Quennell, Megan (1993). Pū Manawa; A celebration of Whatu, Raranga and Tāniko. Wellington: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. ISBN 0-909010-00-5.
  2. ^ Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artist. Auckland: Random House. ISBN 1869620305.
  3. ^ a b "Staff". EIT. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Christina Wirihana". Toi Māori. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Kāhui Raranga". Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Who got funded?". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Te Waka Toi Awards". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Artists". Toi Māori Art Market. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Plastic Māori: A Tradition of Innovation". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Call for Māori artists to go to Washington". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Carving bound for Kanak Cultural Centre". Creative New Zealand. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  12. ^ Kohia Ko Taikaka Anake. Te Papa Tongarewa. 1991. ISBN 0-909010-01-3.


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